13.5 × 3.5 × 2.5 in (34.3 × 8.9 × 6.3 cm) (overall, including base)
Auction Estimate:$8,000 - $10,000
Sale date:June 15, 2022
Price Realized
$9,000
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature
Alma Mikulinsky, “Sorel Etrog: Life & Work” [online publication], Art Canada Institute, Toronto, 2019, page 67
Created as part of a series of ten works in 1965, Sorel Etrog’s “Study for The Couple” employs the artist’s recurring link motif of the decade. The link dominated Etrog’s work for eight years, during which he used it to articulate the existential contrasts of human life, stating, “I saw in [the link] a strong device for connecting and creating tension, mirroring the tension in our very existence with and within the outside world.” The link is a fitting motif for “The Couple” bronze series, as it ties in the bonds, commitments and tensions involved in romantic relationships.
Sorel Etrog - Study for The Couple | Cowley Abbott
